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Marlene Lee

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Marlene Lee has written several novels, short stories, and numerous poems. A 2010 graduate of the Master’s in Fiction Writing program from Brooklyn College, she is published in literary journals, including Other Voices, roger: an art and literary magazine, Calyx, Descant, Indiana Review, Maverick Press, and the newspapers The Christian Science Monitor and Orange County Illustrated.
Her novel The Absent Woman was published by Holland House Books Spring 2013.

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Dear Friend,

You’ve told your writing group that you’re having trouble fulfilling your mother’s request: to elaborate on the memoir she completed before she died. As you’ve pointed out, your early draft seems top-heavy with summary and fact. You have said you don’t want to write that kind of a memoir; your mother has already done that.

One of the members in our group pithily observed that you may be

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	The Absent Woman 3.35 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Limestone Wall 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scoville 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebecca's Road by Marlene Lee (Goodreads Author), B. Lloyd (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Certain Home 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anna and Sebastian 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hero in My Pocket it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That's My Hope by Marlene Lee (Goodreads Author), Lil Ingram, Children and Adults from our communities (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inner Passage: Collected Short Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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